Honoring the Inner Voice(s) While it is fashionable to talk about giving spiritual attention to our inner voice, it is hard to quarrel with the initiative we should honor what we hear.B The rub, I think, is that we each entertain more than one inner voice. Indeed, I believe that percolating inside each of us is a unique ensemble of voices, not all of which bellow in unison, lockstep or harmoniously.B Nor do most share equal power or standing at our inner conference room table. In reality, they are more characters than voices per se, and they are not always visible or audible without serious self searching.B Most of us know our bossy voice or, the other extreme, the deferential one who rarely stands up for herself. Another might be as desirous of creating good impressions as another may be disarming and self-effacing.B The challenges, it seems to me, are, first, identifying who are the characters that make up the multi-dimensional b usb and then giving them rapt attentionb sometimes no small featb and, second, understanding how they interactb or not!b in the process towards action or inaction in particular situations. At the end of the day, this is all about coming to grips with our core self, trusting our instincts and having the courage to know ourselves.B In that space, we can identify which voices or characters are more vocal or dominate than others, which voice needs more expression and how we may want to re-balance them, which we might want to snuff out entirely, and how we best can monitor the inner ensemble to assure our decisions and actions line up with the person we know ourselves truly to be. How do you deal with this beautiful human challenge?B What is your experience with navigating this ever-important internal dynamic?